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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 (repealed)Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 of 21 December 2004 for a standardised and secured system of registries pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 2.Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II REGISTRIES AND TRANSACTION LOGS

    1. Article 3.Registries

    2. Article 4.Consolidated registries

    3. Article 5.The Community independent transaction log

    4. Article 6.Communication link between registries and the Community independent transaction log

    5. Article 7.Communication link between the independent transaction logs

    6. Article 7a.. . . . . . . . . ....

    7. Article 8.Registry administrators

  4. CHAPTER III CONTENTS OF THE REGISTRIES

    1. SECTION 1 Reporting and Confidentiality

      1. Article 9.Reporting

      2. Article 10.Confidentiality

    2. SECTION 2 Accounts

      1. Article 11.Accounts

    3. SECTION 3 Party accounts

      1. Article 12.Creation of Party accounts

      2. Article 13.Closure of Party accounts

      3. Article 14.Notification

    4. SECTION 4 Operator holding accounts

      1. Article 15.Creation of operator holding accounts

      2. Article 16.Holding of Kyoto units in operator holding accounts

      3. Article 17.Closure of operator holding accounts

      4. Article 18.Notification

    5. SECTION 5 Person holding accounts

      1. Article 19.Creation of person holding accounts

      2. Article 20.Holding of Kyoto units in person holding accounts

      3. Article 21.Closure of person holding accounts

      4. Article 21a.Closure of accounts and removal of authorised representative on the administrator's initiative

      5. Article 22.Notification

      6. Article 23.Authorised representatives

    6. SECTION 6 Tables

      1. Article 24.Tables

    7. SECTION 7 Codes and identifiers

      1. Article 25.Codes

      2. Article 26.Account identification codes and alphanumeric identifiers

  5. CHAPTER IV CHECKS AND PROCESSES

    1. SECTION 1 Blocking of accounts

      1. Article 27.Blocking of operator holding accounts

    2. SECTION 2 Automated checks and the data reconciliation process

      1. Article 28.Detection of discrepancies by the Community independent transaction log

      2. Article 29.Detection of inconsistencies by the Community independent transaction log

      3. Article 30.Detection of discrepancies and inconsistencies by the UNFCCC independent transaction log

      4. Article 31.Registry automated checks

    3. SECTION 3 Execution and finalisation of processes

      1. Article 32.Processes

      2. Article 33.Identification codes

      3. Article 34.Finalisation of processes concerning accounts, automatic national allocation plan table changes and verified emissions

      4. Article 34a.Manual reversal of finalised transactions initiated in error

      5. Article 35.Finalisation of processes concerning transactions within registries

      6. Article 36.Finalisation of the external transfer process

      7. Article 37.Finalisation of the reconciliation process

  6. CHAPTER V TRANSACTIONS

    1. SECTION 1 Allocation and issue of allowances for the 2005-2007 period

      1. Article 38.National allocation plan table for the 2005-2007 period

      2. Article 39.Issue of allowances

      3. Article 40.Allocation of allowances to operators

      4. Article 41.Surrender of allowances on instruction of the competent authority

      5. Article 42.Allocation of allowances to new entrants

      6. Article 43.Issue of force majeure allowances

    2. SECTION 2 Allocation and issue of allowances for the 2008-2012 period and each subsequent five year period

      1. Article 44.National allocation plan table for the 2008-2012 period and each subsequent five year period

      2. Article 45.Issue of allowances

      3. Article 46.Allocation of allowances to operators

      4. Article 47.Surrender of allowances on instruction of the competent authority

      5. Article 48.Allocation of allowances to new entrants

      6. Article 48a.Allocation of allowances following their sale by Member State

    3. SECTION 3 Transfers and eligibility

      1. Article 49.Transfers of allowances and Kyoto units by account holders

      2. Article 50.Eligibility and the commitment period reserve

    4. SECTION 4 Verified emissions

      1. Article 51.Verified emissions of an installation

    5. SECTION 5 Surrender of allowances

      1. Article 52.Surrender of allowances

      2. Article 53.The use of CERs and ERUs

      3. Article 54.Surrender of force majeure allowances

      4. Article 55.Calculation of compliance status figures

      5. Article 56.Entries into the compliance status table

      6. Article 57.Entries into the verified emissions table

    6. SECTION 6 Cancellation and retirement

      1. Article 58.Cancellation and retirement of surrendered allowances and force majeure allowances for the 2005-2007 period

      2. Article 59.Cancellation and retirement of surrendered allowances for the 2008 to 2012 period and subsequent periods

    7. SECTION 7 Cancellation and replacement

      1. Article 60.Cancellation and replacement of allowances issued for the 2005-2007 period

      2. Article 61.Cancellation and replacement of allowances issued for the 2008-2012 period and subsequent periods

    8. SECTION 8 Voluntary cancellation and retirement

      1. Article 62.Voluntary cancellation of allowances and Kyoto units

      2. Article 63.Retirement of Kyoto units

  7. CHAPTER VA OPERATION OF REGISTRIES OF MEMBER STATES WHICH DO NOT HAVE AAUS

    1. Article 63a.Operation of registries of Member States which do not have AAUs

    2. Article 63b.Communication link between registries operated in accordance with Article 63a and the Community independent transaction log

    3. Article 63c.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: detection of discrepancies and inconsistencies by the UNFCCC independent transaction log

    4. Article 63d.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: Finalisation of processes concerning accounts, verified emissions and automatic national allocation plan table changes

    5. Article 63e.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: finalisation of processes concerning transactions within registries

    6. Article 63f.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: finalisation of the external transfer process

    7. Article 63g.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: Authentication

    8. Article 63h.Special provisions concerning certain obligations of registry administrators of registries operated in accordance with Article 63a

    9. Article 63i.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: accounts

    10. Article 63j.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: national allocation plan table for the 2008 to 2012 period and each subsequent five-year period

    11. Article 63k.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: issue of allowances

    12. Article 63l.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: transfers of allowances between operator holding accounts in registries operated in accordance with Article 63a and other registries

    13. Article 63la.Conversion of allowances

    14. Article 63m.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: cancellation under Article 58 or Article 62

    15. Article 63n.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: cancellation and retirement of surrendered allowances and CERs for the 2008 to 2012 period and subsequent periods

    16. Article 63o.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: cancellation and replacement of allowances issued for the 2005 to 2007 period

    17. Article 63p.Registries operated in accordance with Article 63a: cancellation and replacement of allowances issued for the 2008 to 2012 period and subsequent periods

  8. CHAPTER VI SECURITY STANDARDS, AUTHENTICATION AND ACCESS RIGHTS

    1. Article 64.Security standards

    2. Article 65.Authentication

    3. Article 66.Access to registries

    4. Article 67.Suspension of access to accounts

  9. CHAPTER VII AVAILABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION

    1. Article 68.Availability and reliability of registries and the Community independent transaction log

    2. Article 69.. . . . . . . . . ....

    3. Article 70.Notification of suspension of access

    4. Article 70a.Suspension of access to allowances or Kyoto units in case of a suspected fraudulent transaction

    5. Article 71.Testing area of each registry and the Community independent transaction log

    6. Article 72.Change management

  10. CHAPTER VIII RECORDS AND FEES

    1. Article 73.Records

    2. Article 74.Fees

  11. CHAPTER IX FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 75.Entry into force

  12. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      Hardware and software requirements of registries and the Community independent transaction log

      1. Architecture requirements

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Communication requirements

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

    2. ANNEX II

      Tables to be contained in Member State registries

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

    3. ANNEX III

      Information concerning each operator holding account to be provided to the registry administrator

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

    4. ANNEX IV

      Information concerning person holding accounts to be provided to the registry administrator

      1. 1. The information set out in Table IV-I. (The account ID...

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. Evidence to support the identity of the natural person requesting...

      4. 4. Evidence to support the address of the permanent residence of...

      5. 5. The following documents in case of a legal person requesting...

      6. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

      9. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

    5. ANNEX IVa

      Information concerning authorised representatives and additional authorised representatives to be provided to the registry administrator

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. 3. Evidence to support the identity of the nominee, which may...

      5. 4. Evidence to support the address of the permanent residence of...

      6. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

    6. ANNEX V

      Core terms and conditions

      1. Structure and effect of core terms and conditions

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. The account holder and authorised representative’s obligations

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. The registry administrator’s obligations

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Process procedures

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Payment

        1. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Operation of the registry website

        1. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 11. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. Warranties and indemnities

        1. 12. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 13. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. Modification of these core terms to reflect changes to this Regulation or changes to domestic legislation Security and response to security breaches Dispute resolution 14. . . . . . . ....

        1. 14. . . . . . . . . . ....

      9. Liability

        1. 15. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 16. . . . . . . . . . ....

      10. Third party rights Agency, notices and governing law

    7. ANNEX VI

      Definitions of identification codes

      1. Introduction

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Display and reporting of identification codes

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Unit identification code

        1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Account identification code

        1. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 8a. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Permit identification code

        1. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Account holder identification code

        1. 11. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. Installation identification code

        1. 12. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 13. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. Correlation identification code

        1. 14. . . . . . . . . . ....

      9. Transaction identification code

        1. 15. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 16. . . . . . . . . . ....

      10. Reconciliation identification code

        1. 17. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 18. . . . . . . . . . ....

      11. Project identification code

        1. 19. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 20. . . . . . . . . . ....

    8. ANNEX VII

      List of input codes

      1. Introduction

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. EU-specific codes

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. UNFCCC codes

        1. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

    9. ANNEX VIII

      Processes concerning accounts and verified emissions with response codes

      1. Requirements for each process

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. Table VIII-1: Message Sequence Diagram for Processes concerning an Account...

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. Table VIII-2: Status Diagram for Processes concerning an Account or...

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          1. Table VIII-3: Components and Functions for Processes concerning an Account...

          2. Table VIII-4: MgmtOfAccountWS Component

          3. Table VIII-5: MgmtOfAccountWS.CreateAccount() function

          4. Table VIII-6: MgmtOfAccountWS.UpdateAccount() function

          5. Table VIII-7: MgmtOfAccountWS.CloseAccount() function

          6. Table VIII-8: MgmtOfAccountWS.UpdateVerifiedEmissions() function

          7. Table VIII-9: MgmtOfAccountWS.ReceiveAccountOperationOutcome() function

          8. Table VIII-10: AccountManagement Component

          9. Table VIII-11: ManagementOfAccount.ValidateAccountCreation() function

          10. Table VIII-12: ManagementOfAccount.CreateAccount() function

          11. Table VIII-13: AccountManagement.ValidateAccountUpdate() function

          12. Table VIII-14: ManagementOfAccount.UpdateAccount() function

          13. Table VIII-15: ManagementOfAccount.ValidateAccountClosure() function

          14. Table VIII-16: ManagementOfAccount.CloseAccount() function

          15. Table VIII-17: ManagementOfAccount.ValidateVerifiedEmissionsUpdate() function

          16. Table VIII-18: ManagementOfAccount.UpdateVerifiedEmissions function

      2. Preliminary checks for each process

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Secondary checks for each process

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

          1. Table VIII-19: Secondary Checks

    10. ANNEX IX

      Processes concerning transactions with response codes

      1. Process types

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Requirements for each process

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Preliminary checks for each process

        1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Secondary and tertiary checks for each process

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

    11. ANNEX X

      Reconciliation process with response codes

      1. Requirements for the process

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Preliminary checks for the process

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Secondary checks for the process

        1. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Manual intervention

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

    12. ANNEX XI

      Administrative processes with response codes

      1. Administrative processes

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Requirements for each process

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Checks for each process

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    13. ANNEX XIa

      Processes concerning automatic national allocation plan table changes

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Requirements for each process

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

    14. ANNEX XII

      List of response codes for all processes

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

    15. ANNEX XIII

      Testing procedures

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

    16. ANNEX XIV

      Initialisation procedures

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. National allocation plan table requirements

        1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    17. ANNEX XV

      Security standards

      1. Communication link between the Community independent transaction log and each...

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Communication link between the Community independent transaction log and its...

        1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Communication link between the Community independent transaction log and the...

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. General security requirements for the Community independent transaction log and...

        1. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

    18. ANNEX XVI

      Reporting requirements of each registry administrator and the Central Administrator

      1. Publicly available information from each registry and the Community independent...

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 4a. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 4b. . . . . . . . . . ....

        7. 4c. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. Publicly available information from each registry

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. Publicly available information from the Community independent transaction log

        1. 11. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 12. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 12a. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Information from each registry to be made available to account...

        1. 13. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 14. . . . . . . . . . ....

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